
snxÊ·meneÊ” nqÊ·lqÊ·eltn
6190 Agency Loop Road
PO Box 100
Wellpinit, WA 99040
509-258-4222
Spokane Tribe Language and Culture
ƛ̓uxʷ šey̓ lʔe n šiyulexʷ We have always walked this land
Albert Sam
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wenš - wardance
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wexÊ· - doing to oneself
weyt - sick
wič - to see
wicm - to see in
wicÌŒtmn - see you
wilš - beginning (pec yoyot wilsi - we are becoming strong)
wusšnełxʷ - longhouse
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X
x̣al - fair (skinned)
x̣alip - clear (like a clear day or tomorrow
x̣asx̣s - good root
x̣ect - dig roots
x̣emt - heavy
x̣est - good
x̣iłneʔ - almost
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x̣meňc - like (the thing we like) (noun like)
x̣mnłtumš - friendly (he loves people)
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x̣stm̓em̓n̓ - funny
x̣stwilš - well (to get well)
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xÊ·a - maybe
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x̣ʷełeʔ - hurry
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xʷicłtm - give him or her
x̣ʷil - life (something that is living)
xÊ·ist - to walk
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xÊ·istlxÊ·is - walk, take a walk
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xʷixʷey̓ył - bird
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x̣ʷix̣ʷiyt - sharp
xÊ·l - for
x̣ʷl stem̓ - why
xÊ·lxÊ·ilt - live
x̣ʷnimx̣ʷnim - humming bird
xÊ·upt - lazy, weak
xÊ·uy - to go
xÊ·xÊ·ilt - life
x̣x̣al̓ - glass
x̣x̣eseʔt - pretty
x̣x̣ƛ̓cin - dog
x̣x̣n̓tƛ upn - ninety
x̣x̣nut - nine
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Y
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yamin - gathering
yamncut - gathering
yaʕ - gathered
ye - this, on (all purpose word)
yec - I (transitive)
y'etłx̣ʷa - today
yetłxʷa sw̓t - today (full word)
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yeye - grandchild, grandmother (mother's mother)
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yo - lying (short version of yoqÊ·ist)
yoÌŒnun - learn
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yoqÊ· - lie (to lie)
yoqÊ·i - flathead
yoqÊ·ist - lying
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yoyot - strong
yoyotwilš - strong (to get strong)
ʔacʷcʷx̣ - watch TV
ʔapl - apple
ʕawʕaw(m) - read
ʔep̓mn - napkin
ʔistč̓ - squirrel
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